The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Hoye (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Hoye
Stephen Hoye narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,715 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
302 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World is an audiobook by Susan Schiefelbein and Jacques Cousteau: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Hoye, released January 28, 2008, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Hoye
- Released
- January 28, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781400176083
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World as an audiobook?
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World?
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World is narrated by Stephen Hoye.
Is The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.